Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar citizens hold up a picture of leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Bangkok after the military seized power in a coup in Myanmar.
Myanmar Crisis

US calls Myanmar takeover 'a coup,' triggering aid restrictions

Washington in daily conversations with Japan and India about situation

3 February 2021
A Myanmar soldier guards city hall after soldiers seized the building in Yangon on Feb. 2
Myanmar Crisis

As US decries Myanmar coup, China remains largely silent

International response split between democracies and authoritarian regimes

3 February 2021
Myanmar's National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2015. Suu Kyi is once again under house arrest, according to a lawmaker on Tuesday.
Myanmar Crisis

Suu Kyi under house arrest in capital after coup: Myanmar lawmaker

President Win also detained at home; lawmakers kept at government quarters

2 February 2021
Thailand's Amata is developing a major industrial complex outside Yangon, Myanmar's biggest city. (Conceptual drawing courtesy of Amata)
Myanmar Crisis

Thailand's Amata halts $1bn Myanmar property project after coup

Developer worried about sanctions while Suzuki and ANA suspend operations

2 February 2021
Armored vehicles drive past a street in Mandalay on Feb. 2: the Tatmadaw is ready to give up diplomatic, trade and investment gains for the sake of domestic control.
Opinion

Why Myanmar's generals turned back to a dark past

Strong international backlash and domestic resistance appear inevitable

2 February 2021
Top: Soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on the way to the congress compound in Naypyitaw on Feb. 1, 2021, when the military launched its takeover. Bottom: Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, commander in chief of Myanmar's armed forces.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military appoints ministers after ousting Suu Kyi in coup

NLD leader's big win in November election triggers army to act

2 February 2021
A screen grab from Myanmar state television footage on Feb. 1 shows Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing reading a statement: the Tatmadaw will not want to be dependent on China.
Opinion

Myanmar coup will reverberate far beyond Southeast Asia

Crisis is first high stakes test for Biden's relationship with ASEAN

2 February 2021
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: The leaders aim to advance democratic ideals in the Indo-Pacific through the Quad framework with the U.S. (Source photos by Reuters)
Myanmar Crisis

Japan slow to join global chorus denouncing Myanmar coup

PM Suga conspicuously silent as Quad leaders speak out

2 February 2021
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid. (Photo by Yuichi Nitta)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar military ousts Aung San Suu Kyi in apparent coup

Army pledges new elections and declares a one-year state of emergency

1 February 2021
Suzuki Thilawa Motor's plant on the outskirts of Yangon: Japanese manufacturers were quick to ramp up investment in Myanmar after the country's transition to democracy. 
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar's apparent coup rattles companies that bet on democracy

From Grab to Kirin, foreign business braces for disruption and uncertainty

1 February 2021